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Flying drone gives inside scoop on cathedral damage
TV3 News, Wednesday 15th June 2011
The front of Christchurch's Roman catholic cathedral is held
up by straw bales and shipping containers, and the rest of
it appears just as unstable. Monday's quake damaged arches
that support the dome. Engineers are preparing to send in
a drone for a second look.
It's a type of toy called a ‘quadricopter’ and
was bought from Dick Smith. Controlled by an iPad, it can
fly and film. Opus engineers have put a polystyrene reinforcing
around it. The drone recently crept its way inside the cathedral
for a test flight. The whole area's too dangerous for engineers
to get close. To
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